MIT Fall Term 2005
Tuesday and Thursday
2:30-4:00pm
Room: 26-322

ENGINEERING BIOMEDICAL INFORMATION
COURSE INFORMATION

Meetings: Fall 2005, Tuesday and Thursday, 2:30-4:00pm.

Location: MIT 26-322 [map]

Text: Shortliffe EH, Perreault LE, Wiederhold G, Fagan LM, Medical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine. Springer 2001. [amazon][bn].

Mailing list: There is an MIT managed mailing list for the course. You can use it to communicate with students and staff, to post questions and answers. [mailing list]

Survey: Please complete the survey of the course by downloading the questionnaire available from this site and returning to the instructor. The information you provide will not be used for your evaluation and your identity will not be disclosed. [survey]

Grading: Grades will be determined by a combination of three factors, with approximately the following contributions:

Class participation (20%) Attendance and contribution to discussions are a critical component of the class. Much of the material will be taught by guest lecturers who are uniquely knowledgeable in their areas.

Homework assignments (20%) We plan to give a half-dozen homework assignments Some of these will include programming tasks as well as thinking and writing.

Midterm examination (20%) There will be a midterm examination for this course. Students will have 90 minutes to complete the assignment in class. No books or computers allowed.

Project (40%) Students will work on projects of their own choice related to the topic of the class. Grading will be based on both a written paper due at the end of the semester and oral class presentations on each project. A list of projects may be found here.

Note: With the exception of medical excuses, assignments will be penalized 50% if they are turned in up to two days late, and will receive no credit thereafter.